Re: generic methods and trailing arguments

[Mikael Djurfeldt]

Mikael Djurfeldt <address@hidden> writes:

> "Lars J. Aas" <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > With Goops' generic methods, it seems like trailing arguments are
> > ignored when method arbitration is done.  Take for instance this
> > example:
> > 
> >   (define-method (hello arg) (display "1 arg\n"))
> >   (define-method (hello arg arg2) (display "2 args\n"))
> > 
> >   (hello 1)
> >   => 1 arg
> >   (hello 1 2)
> >   => 2 args
> >   (hello 1 2 3)
> >   => 2 args
> > 
> > Is there a way to make the method arbitration more strict?  Maybe
> > it's a bug?
> 
> It's a bug.

The bug should be fixed now in the CVS version of guile-core.

If/when I make an independent release of GOOPS, the bugfix will be
included there as well.

Thanks,
Mikael